"The book developed from a two-day interdisciplinary workshop, entitled "Emerging Issues in Irish Healthcare," funded by the University College Cork Strategic Research Fund, which was held in University College Cork in April 2014"--Page 2. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Improving end-of-life care in intensive care units / Barry Lyons. Conscientious objection, harm reduction and abortion care / Ruth Fletcher -- Why care about carers? / Claire Murray -- The limits of autonomy : an exploration of the role of autonomy in the debate about assisted suicide / Louise Campbell -- If they can consent, why can't they refuse? / Tom Walker -- Patient autonomy and responsibilities within the patient-doctor partnership : two sides of the same unequal coin? / Asim A. Sheikh -- Older people, human rights, law and policy / Mary Keys -- Legal and ethical considerations in involuntary admissions to long-term care / Shaun T. O'Keeffe -- Retention and use of human biological samples : the Guthrie card example / Deirdre Madden -- A moral gap? Examining Ireland's failure to regulate embryonic stem cell research / Ciara Staunton -- Children in clinical trials in Ireland : addressing the gaps in the legal framework / Katherine Wade -- Governance failures and organisational ethics : perspectives from the Neary and Halappanavar cases / Heike Felzmann -- Psychiatric admission in Ireland : the role of country of origin / Brendan D. Kelly -- Protecting rights in mental health law : the relationship between the courts and mental health tribunals / Darius Whelan -- Patient-centred dying : the role of law / Mary Donnelly -- Improving end-of-life care in intensive care units / Barry Lyons.
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